Briere realizing Buffalo’s warmth

‘“I’ve been saying since the new year started, people were excited in the city everywhere I went. You sensed the atmosphere. People are excited and they’re pumped about their hockey team,” he said. “The last couple weeks walking around town, going to restaurants, you can tell people are excited. It’s fun to be part of it. I’m not talking about a couple hundred persons. The whole city is behind us.”‘